Stirrup.



W. E. STINE.

STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED HAY I4, 1912.

1 1 97,68 1 Patented Sept. 12, 1916,

W/7WE5555 M/VEN 7' WILLIAM E. STINE, OF PADRONI, COLORADO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

Application filed May 14, 1912. Serial No. 697,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. STINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Padroni, in the county of Logan and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stirrups, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of stirrups, and more specifically to that class of stirrups which yieldingly support the foot of the rider.

With the foregoing and other objects in view my invention consists in such details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is a front elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the same.

Iteferring to the drawings 1 designates the body portion of the stirrup which body portion is curved intermediate its ends to form the members 2. The cross bar 3 is provided which bar is held in position near the tops of the members 2 by such means as shown at 4. For more securely holding the cross bar 3 in place and preventing its rotation in relation to the bars 2, the ends of the same are provided with a plurality of tongues 3 which project into suitable recesses 4 in the bars 2. For a purpose that will hereinafter appear the cross bar 3 is provided with the downwardly projecting lugs 5. I provide a second cross bar 6 which is provided at each end with an extension 7 the said extension being provided with the heads 8, which are adapted to be seated within the elongated slots 9 which are formed in the members 2. The second cross bar 6, as is the first mentioned cross bar, is provided with upstanding lugs 10 upon which lugs are adapted to be seated one end of the coiled springs 11 the other end of the coiled springs engaging the downwardly projecting lugs 5. The upper sides of the cross bar 3 and the lower side of the cross bar 6 are rounded, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and these cross bars 3 and 6 are slightly wider than the diameter of the coil springs 11, in order to prevent the saddle stirrup straps (not shown) from engaging the sides of the coil springs 11, thus greatly lengthening the usefulness of the straps by preventing continuous frictional wear between them and the coil springs. It is now readily obvious that when the straps depending from the sides of a saddle are positioned under the cross bar 6 and returned again the stirrup is yieldingly held in engagement therewith.

I desire to lay the greatest of stress upon the means for slidably supporting the second cross bar 6 and the obviating of all elastic means which would be engaged by the riders feet.

It is to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a stirrup, a body portion having its opposite ends parallel and provided with T- shaped slots opening on the inner faces of said ends, a rigid bar connecting said ends, a movable bar beneath said rigid bar and provided with rounded heads engaged in said T-shaped slots and connected with the ends of said movable bar by neck portions riding in the narrow portions of said T slots, means for resiliently retaining said movable bar in its lowermost position, and means carried by said rigid bar and said'movable bar for retaining the last-mentioned means in position.

WILLIAM E. STINE.

Witnesses:

T. O. Coons, J. A. HARRIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

